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Israel created and controls ISIS, says Chicago Islamic scholar
Chicago Islamic Scholar Omar Baloch: Israel arms and trains Islamic State, uses it to destabilize the region, advance its plans for “Greater Israel,” alienate Muslims from jihad.
Iranian schoolgirls mark 1979 takeover of US embassy
Iranian schoolgirls demonstrate on the anniversary of the 1979 U.S. embassy takeover: “It feels good to punch America in the mouth; Death to America! Death to Israel!”
Stuxnet attack ‘made us pay attention’ to cyber security, says senior Iranian general
IRGC Gen. Gholamreza Jalali, head of Iran’s Civil Defense Organization: Nuclear sites experience as many as 50,000 cyber attacks a day; Israel, neighboring countries “steal our clouds” as part of a “climate war.”
Khamenei reprensentative says US embassy in Baghdad is source of ‘all strife in Iraq’
In a Friday sermon in Qom on the eve of the anniversary of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, Ayatollah Mohammad Saidi says U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is behind all the country’s ills, and that Iraqis “should draw lessons from Iran.”
Northern Syria ‘desert regions’ suited to Arabs, not Kurds, says Erdoğan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan tells Turkish TV that the northern Syria border region is “not suitable for the lifestyle of the Kurds” • Hails “strong cooperation” among Russia and Iran.
ISIS supporters on leader’s death: ‘Jihad is not founded on men’
Even if reports of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death are true, say supporters, “this is the main reason all of the jihad fighters set out for—martyrdom.”
Lebanese demonstrators trample Israeli flags to prove patriotism
Lebanese TV report: Protesters trample Israeli flags to show Israel is Lebanon’s one true enemy and prove that they are not funded by foreign embassies.
Iran’s supreme leader: ‘We will never give up our resistance against America’
“Death to America! We are the conquerors of Jerusalem and the destroyers of Haifa! Death to Israel! [We are] on the path to conquer Palestine!” Iranian soldiers chant at IRGC officer’s academy ceremony.
Emir of Qatar gives Turkish president $400 million luxury jet
The airplane, a custom Boeing 747, has two private sitting rooms, seven bedrooms and medical facilities, and was preceded by a $15 billion investment in the Turkish economy.
Journalist calls for a revival of Abbas’s ‘Arab Keren Hayesod’ concept
Palestinian journalist calls for the adoption of P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas’s 1982 call to establish a fund to help Eastern Jews disenchanted with Israel return to their countries of origin.
IRGC commander: Regional war would wipe Israel off the map
Iranian Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami: “Our deterrence capabilities have almost reached their peak; America’s power is in decline.”
Mother of terrorist that decapitated fallen IDF soldier ‘very proud’
The mother of an Islamic Jihad terrorist who took the head of an Israeli soldier in Gaza in 2004 tells TV interviewer: “Even today, I am very proud of him.”
